bob b Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I've been trying to re-new on-line for a week. Apparently if the insurance has a week left before expiry, DVLA won't accept it. I re-newed the insurance a couple of days ago, but as the company haven't put the details on the DVLA computer...I still can't re-new the license !The MOT's due in a couple of weeks and although the motorhome is booked in Monday, I'll be expecting to jump through hoops again there !Apparently the DVLA welcome feedback on their service. I filled out all the boxes with my details and wrote of my displeasure of their assuming everybody's a criminal. I finished my message and hit the send button. A message immediately popped up telling me I had 'timed out' !Actually, everything about this country is starting to make me sick to death of it. Now.... where's next doors cat..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 How frustrating! I renewed mine online on Sunday, and it arrived yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordThornber Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Bob, surely you should have signed your post of as.. Infuriated Of Horsham :D Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob b Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 I've got an idea!..Are there any Post Office's left Martyn ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordThornber Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 bob b - 2009-03-26 3:30 PM I've got an idea!..Are there any Post Office's left Martyn ? What's a Post Office Bob? Haha, they're none existent nearly, (I feel so sorry for the elderly and/or disabled), and I'm glad that I only rarely have to use them. The Office in our Town Centre is disgusting. I'm not exaggerating, it needs industrial cleaners in. Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohgrandma Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Bob, why not try "google" to see if there are any Post Offices in your area where you can renew, I did and found 3 within 15 mile radious here, of my village, good luck, Ria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob b Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 Hi Ria, There is actually a main Post Office not far away from me. I'll probably end up going there for the disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Same happened to me......my insurance ran out on the 26th, tried to renew tax for April and it shot back “not insured” contacted safeguard and they said “it happens” and to do it manually at a post office. After seeing this thread I tried it again over the phone and this time I was successful! Try it again you may have more luck.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W3526602 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Hi, DVLA cannot refuse to tax your car provided your insurance is valid on the day that the tax comes into effect. I know that some POs used to make up their own rules. My daughter wanted to move her tax-exempt Mini to her new address. She got a one day cover note, for a Sunday. She tried to tax it at a PO on the Saturday before. Refused! Would you believe that she found a PO open on a Sunday? One advantage of living in London. What annoys me is that if you tax your car on-line using a credit card, they wil charge you an extra £2. But not if you use a debit card. Strange, because if you taxed it at a PO, DVLA has to pay the PO for the service. I don’t know how much, but 20 odd years ago, it was £0.75. So DVLA are saving money by allowing you to tax your car on-line. But if DVLA do not know that your car is insured, they will not tax it. I have know a PO that would tax my car on the strength of a FAXed cover note from my insurers to the PO. If you are desperate for short term insurance cover, do a Google for “DAY INSURANCE”. It’s not cheap, but could be cheaper than more conventional ways. And while you are Googling, do a search for “V5 LOAN”, and be amazed at what PAR some finance companies can charge. 602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 So convenient doing it on line, but hardly in a position to complain if we don,t make full use of our remaning Post Office's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 W3526602 - 2009-03-26 5:31 PM And while you are Googling, do a search for “V5 LOAN”, and be amazed at what PAR some finance companies can charge. 602 Slightly off topic - but I received an email offering me a loan recently at 3%. That's not bad, thought I -until I read that it was 3% per month!! Pretty shoddy when the base rate is so low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatterdog Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Been there done that, the post office will want to see the new insurance covernote as well as your existing insurance. They are not allowed to tax a vehicle if it has less than a month to run on the insurance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 The DVLA only require the MOT and Insurance to be valid on the date the disk comes into force to be able to re tax on-line. This is stated quite clearly when you go on their website. I have just renewed our tax on-line for the 1st April with both MOT and Insurance expiring on the 11th April without a problem. Keith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopesy Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 just taxed my motorbike on line with less than two weeks left on the mot no problem. sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza454 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 bob b - 2009-03-26 3:12 PM I've been trying to re-new on-line for a week. Apparently if the insurance has a week left before expiry, DVLA won't accept it. I re-newed the insurance a couple of days ago, but as the company haven't put the details on the DVLA computer...I still can't re-new the license !Bob, Insurance Companies have 14 days to update renewals/new business to the DVLA website.Most tend to update on Monday each week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W3526602 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Hi, You are allowed to tax an untaxed car two days before the end of the month. Its fourteen days if it is already taxed. But when my wife tried to tax her car (untaxed) on-line, within the two day period, it was refused. Two minutes after midnight, into the new month, it was accepted. I can name a PO where the staff happily tell you about the thieves at DVLA. So support your PO! Yes, it happened, once, several years ago. When we were in Malaya (mid-1960s) you could not tax your car for longer than your insurance had to run. But you could get a disc for any number of months, 2, or 11, or whatever was appropriate. Also, your insurers would not accept an insurance claim unless the incident had been reported to the police. OT....but interesting. A character in our Swansea Valley small town could get you a half price tax disc. Just give him your insurance and MOT and cash, and he would give you a tax disc the following day. Genuine disc! Got lots of business. And then he left town. Shortly afterwards DVLA started writing to the Keepers, asking for return of the discs. The cheques had bounced. 602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob b Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Bazza454 - 2009-03-26 10:26 PM bob b - 2009-03-26 3:12 PM I've been trying to re-new on-line for a week. Apparently if the insurance has a week left before expiry, DVLA won't accept it. I re-newed the insurance a couple of days ago, but as the company haven't put the details on the DVLA computer...I still can't re-new the license !Bob, Insurance Companies have 14 days to update renewals/new business to the DVLA website.Most tend to update on Monday each week. Thanks Bazza, I just tried again this minute...still won't have it. I've got the MOT 10.45 Monday morning & I'll go to the Post Office directly after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I think I might have the reason Bob... (Sorry, couldn't resist it) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob b Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Well, at least I've got a lot more hair than that...that ollio...olly....holio, that crooner with the 'dicky knees' you swoon over !Dunno where me smiley's have gone to..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9withdogs Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 You mean Elio... only 6 weeks till I see him again....swoon... Keep you hands off him, Joy, he's mine... :D Dicky Knees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob b Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Thats the fella. Well known for his 'dicky knees'.I've got a old squeeze box similar to that one. I bought it in a second hand shop some years ago. In the box were the instructions and a couple of well known popular songs to start one off.One song was 'The Wind Blows o'er the Barley' and the other was 'God Save the King'!! I kid you not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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